by Colin Thomas | Sep 11, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment In One Good Marriage, Ese Atawo (curled up here next to co-star Dan Willows) delivers a gorgeously subtle performance. There’s a very particular excitement that comes when you discover new talent. In Sean Reycraft’s script One Good Marriage, we meet a...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 10, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment Go see this show. The After After Party by Katey Hoffman and Cheyenne Mabberley is one of the funniest things at the Fringe. Teenagers Jules and Fiona are so drunk and stoned that they can’t remember what they did at the pre-party, the party, or the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 9, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment So far, I’ve seen 12 shows that are playing the Vancouver Fringe Festival. (I saw nine of them in Victoria.) The leader of the pack is The Ballad of Frank Allen, a hilarious buddy comedy about a guy who is accidentally miniaturized and takes up...
by Colin Thomas | Jul 20, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment For months, the frank theatre company and SFU have been planning a queer theatre conference called Q2Q: A Symposium on Queer Theatre and Performance in Canada. Check out the line-up. It’s phenomenal. The conference, which runs at SFU Woodwards’...
by Colin Thomas | Jul 15, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment The question I get asked most at this time of year is, “What should I see at Bard on the Beach”? Quick answer: Pericles and Merry Wives. If you can only see one show, I’d go for Pericles. The play is hardly ever produced—and you’re never going to see...
